Trump made the comments to Brigitte Macron, the French first lady, and her husband after they toured Les Invalides museum along with first lady Melania Trump. The tour followed a formal welcome ceremony and came before bilateral talks at Élysée Palace, the French presidential residence.

French President Emmanuel Macron greets first lady Melania Trump while his wife, Brigitte Macron, welcomes President Trump at Les Invalides museum in Paris on Thursday. (Photo: Michel Euler/Reuters/Pool)

Trump has previously come under fire for his comments objectifying women.

“Come here, come here. Where are you from? We have all of this beautiful Irish press,” Trump said to Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar as he gestured for the journalist, Caitriona Perry, to come over to his desk.

“She has a nice smile on her face so I bet she treats you well,” Trump told Varadkar.

During the his presidential campaign, Trump sparked a similar firestorm when he said after the first Republican primary debate that moderator Megyn Kelly appeared to have “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever.”

At the debate, Kelly had questioned Trump about his history of making disparaging comments about women’s looks.

“You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals,” Kelly told Trump. “You once told a contestant on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ it would be a pretty picture to see her on her knees. Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president?”

“I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct,” he replied.